HC Deb 21 October 1991 vol 196 cc305-6W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, in tabular form, the energy consumption in million tonnes of oil equivalent of(a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) nuclear, (e) hydro and (f) other renewables in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) each of the other OECD nations for the latest year available.

Mr. Moynihan

Data on energy consumption in the United Kingdom are published routinely in "Energy Trends" and the "Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics". Data on energy consumption in OECD nations in 1989, the latest year for which data are available, are published in the OECD publication "Energy Balances of OECD Countries, 1980–1989". Copies of each are available in the Library of the House.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, in tabular form, the energy consumption in million tonnes of oil equivalent of(a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas, (d) nuclear, (e) hydro and (f) other renewables in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) each of the other European Community nations for the latest year available.

Mr. Moynihan

Data on energy consumption in the United Kingdom are published routinely in "Energy Trends" and the "Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics". Data on energy consumption in European Community nations in 1990, are published in the Eurostat publication "Energy-Monthly Statistics". Copies of each are held in the Library of the House.

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, in coal units, the energy consumption per inhabitant of(a) the United Kingdom and (b) each of the other European Community nations.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The data requested, available most recently for 1989, are as follows:

Energy consumption per inhabitant
Country Tonnes coal equivalent
United Kingdom 5.57
Belgium 6.45
Denmark 4.89
France 4.40
FRG 5.99
Greece 3.49
Ireland 4.02
Italy 4.25
Luxembourg 13.88
Netherlands 7.39
Portugal 2.01
Spain 2.77

Source: United Nations Energy Statistics Yearbook 1989.